THE JENNY THING’S ELECTRIC, ELECTRONIC, ECSTATIC NEW ALBUM
AMERICAN CANYON
“Mesmerizing. One of the most ruminative and stylish records of the 2020s.”-Debra Kate Schafer, The Aquarian
“A sprawling and ambitious record, filled with muscle, heart, and unforgettable hooks.” -Alex Green, Stereo Embers
“Fresh, honest, bold, and mind-bending. American Canyon will blow you away.” -Robert J. Nebel, Tales from the Corners
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IN BRIEF
The Jenny Thing. Cinematic, melodic indie rock from Berkeley, California. Sonically omnivorous, lyrically passionate, TJT evokes the music of the future and the past.
In 2021, after a long hiatus, The Jenny Thing released their fourth record, American Canyon. The album and the title track’s music video immediately garnered strong media responses, with writers grabbing onto American Canyon’s vital electro rock, otherworldly lyrics and imagery, and melodic passion. The video for “American Canyon” won awards from multiple independent film festivals, and the song also appearing in renowned surf filmmaker Jace Panebianco’ Broken Molds.
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NEW MUSIC
“MONSTERS OF MERCY” RELEASED MAY 2021
HEARD SAID
AMERICAN CANYON: POP EVOLUTION
I’m loving American Canyon. This band is the evolution of bands like Nine Inch Nails, Gong, and Peter Gabriel, bringing a pioneering sound to today.
Tom Lounges, Lakeshore Public Radio
MIND-BENDING AMERICAN CANYON WILL BLOW YOU AWAY
The Jenny Thing is back! Their new release, American Canyon, is fresh, honest and bold. The album will blow you away with mind-bending tracks like "Monsters of Mercy," "All In My Head," and "Paper Angel." Check out this uber-talented band wherever you get music. You will not be disappointed.
Robert J. Nebel, host of Tales From The Corners
“LIGHTFIELD” SPARKLES THROUGH THE RAIN
Blissfully uniting the incandescent throb of New Order with the summer-afternoon jangle of the Cure, The Jenny Thing once again cast a "Lightfield" into a darkened world. The band is timeless, like a vintage clock thrown into the future. With their comeback single, The Jenny Thing sparkles through the rain with immaculate guitar strokes and synthesizer shine.
Mikey Sutton, Geekosity Magazine
“MONSTERS OF MERCY”: PULSATING, VIBRANT, ATMOSPHERIC
There's something altogether cinematic about “Monsters of Mercy”, with the track sitting beautifully between electronic and rock music.
Johan Alexed, Popmuzik, Sweden
INTO WIDE OPEN SPACES WITH AMERICAN CANYON
The Jenny Thing are back — like, super back. Their new album American Canyon is a sprawling and ambitious record that summons wide open spaces, dramatic vistas, and cinematic panoramas. The songs here are big. Filled with muscle, heart, and unforgettable hooks, American Canyon is passionate and urgent.
Alex Green, Stereo Embers
IN THE POSTMODERN PRESENT WITH THE JENNY THING
“Lightfield” pulses with yearning, invoking the musical dreamscapes of the 80s and 90s. Through an alloy of melodic passion and inspired tech, the band seems to sing to us from both the future and the past. Thematically, meaningfully, the band tilts at the windmills of existential demons, self-doubt, and the very real madness and grief in all of our midst.
Scott Foster, co-founder ScriptHop & movie producer
STYLE AND SUBSTANCE IN AMERICAN CANYON
On American Canyon, The Jenny Thing gets back to their roots while also going against the grain, creating one of the most ruminative and stylish records of the 2020s. With ever-evolving musicality and revitalized soundscapes, The Jenny Thing 2.0 takes listeners to a place of contemplation and emotion like never before.
Debra Kate Schafer, The Aquarian
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“LIGHTFIELD” LYRIC VIDEO
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Five songs from TJT land...
Lightfield, from the 2021 album American Canyon.
The hurtling, gothic Gone, a track off of Nowhere Near You.
From Closer and Closer to Less, the acoustic-meets-electronic Christmas.
Too Long, the first song on TJT’s debut album, Me.
The Promise from Matt’s solo record, Love Ambition Demo.
MORE MUSIC
“ALL IN MY HEAD” RELEASED MARCH 2021
BIO
With the All Music Guide describing their sound as “Layers of dreamy, atmospheric guitars, and songs crackling with energy,” The Jenny Thing has always remained true to their new wave roots.
Formed in 1991 with vocalist Matt Easton, guitarist Shyam Rao, bassist Ehren Becker, and drummer Mike Phillips still in their teens, the band made their first record at Live Oak Studio in Berkeley, California. Clocking in at less than 25 minutes, The Jenny Thing’s short and sweet Me became the best-selling independent record of the year at Rasputin’s Music on Telegraph Avenue.
Having become regular headliners at local clubs, The Jenny Thing was soon touring the West Coast on the college radio strength of Closer and Closer to Less, a notably higher budget, higher intensity album released in 1994 by KSS and distributed nationally. During this time, TJT played clubs from the Bay Area’s Bottom of the Hill and Berkeley Square to L.A.’s Roxy, Roxbury, and Troubadour, and shared stages with Gin Blossoms, Juliana Hatfield, and The Untouchables.
After playing to a crowd of thousands on the main stage at San Francisco Pride’s 25th Anniversary, and filming for proto-reality TV show Star Search in Orlando, Florida with Martha Quinn and Ed McMahon — yes, really — The Jenny Thing stopped performing live in 1997. In 1999 the band quietly released the moody and lush Nowhere Near You, seemingly their swan song.
But in 2016 the band reformed and by 2018 had rallied around the electronic, electrified, and ecstatic sound of what was to become American Canyon. The album was released in June 2021. Earning comparisons to New Order, Peter Gabriel, and Nine Inch Nails, The Jenny Thing’s American Canyon feels somehow familiar and wholly other.
American Canyon arrived to strong critical response, with Take Effect calling it “a flawless blend of New Wave, nostalgic pop and post-punk” and The Aquarian deeming American Canyon “one of the most ruminative and stylish records of the 2020s.”
Set in the real/imagined world of American Canyon, the title track’s kinetic, poetically narrative video was shot in the Mojave Desert by director Ramesh Nicolas Iyer, and garnered six independent film awards.
On his Stereo Embers program, writer Alex Green said it best: “The Jenny Thing are back — like, super back.”